The word God, to me, is like the word enlightenment. It's become so corrupted by our ideas of what God is.

You cannot be happy unless you are serving the truth of your being, however that service looks.

You have the freedom, ability and authority to love your life. Just be you, then wait.

I'm a student of history and know that civilizations get lost - they are born and die - and so I recognize the tender mortality of our civilization. I'm not saying I'm separate from the despair of that, but I'm not controlled by the despair of that.

The word God, to me, is like the word enlightenment. It's become so corrupted by our ideas of what God is.

We have tried everything to get rid of suffering. We have gone everywhere to get rid of suffering. We have bought everything to get rid of it. We have ingested everything to get rid of it. Finally, when one has tried enought, there arises the possibility of spiritual maturity with the willingness to stop the futile attempt to get rid of it and, instead, to actually experience suffering. In that momentous instant, there is the realization of that which is beyond suffering, of that which is untouched by suffering. There is the realization of who one truly is.

When you are willing to stop looking for something in thought, you find everything in silence.